Coscoroba Swan / Coscoroba coscoroba
WBN 
Coscoroba Swan
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Protonym: Anas Coscoroba SaggioStoriaNat.Chile p.234,344
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Coscoroba
Taxonomy Code: cosswa1
Type Locality: Chile.
Author: Molina
Publish Year: 1782
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
COSCOROBA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Coscoroba Swan C. coscoroba) Specific name Anas coscoroba Molina, 1782; the strange, goose-like Coscoroba Swan was named for its distinctive bugling call; "Genera et Species typicae. ... b. *Coscoroba (Molina) Rchb. candida (Anser —us Vieill.) R. Ic. Av. t. 106. ic. 966." (Reichenbach 1853); "Coscoroba Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat, 1852 (1853), p. x. Type, by original designation and tautonymy, Anser candidus Vieillot = Anas coscoroba Molina." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 155).
Var. Koskoroba.
Synon. Pseudocycnus, Pseudolor.
coscoroba
Local Chilean onomatopoeia Coscoroba for the Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba).
COSCOROBA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Coscoroba Swan C. coscoroba) Specific name Anas coscoroba Molina, 1782; the strange, goose-like Coscoroba Swan was named for its distinctive bugling call; "Genera et Species typicae. ... b. *Coscoroba (Molina) Rchb. candida (Anser —us Vieill.) R. Ic. Av. t. 106. ic. 966." (Reichenbach 1853); "Coscoroba Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat, 1852 (1853), p. x. Type, by original designation and tautonymy, Anser candidus Vieillot = Anas coscoroba Molina." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 155).
Var. Koskoroba.
Synon. Pseudocycnus, Pseudolor.
coscoroba
Local Chilean onomatopoeia Coscoroba for the Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
